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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
decrease in total lymphocyte count
milk - enriched grains
diet recall
2. What does DASH stand for?
trans fatty acid
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
dietary approach to stop hypertension
dark green - orange - drybeans
3. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
decrease in total lymphocyte count
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
carrots and sweet potatoes
dietary approach to stop hypertension
4. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
day week or month
protein and fat
dietary approach to stop hypertension
pregnant women or elderly
5. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
4 calories/gram
dark green - orange - drybeans
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
antioxidant - immune function
6. The higher the BMR a client has --
18-25
can consume more calories without weight gain
5.5 ounces/day
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
7. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
atrophy or wasting of muscle
4 calories/gram
rickets - osteomalacia
hemoglobin
8. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
milk - enriched grains
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
9. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
transferrin
300 cal/day increase
cream cheese - cream or butter
hemorrhage
10. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
vitamin K
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
can consume more calories without weight gain
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
11. Fats can lead to some medical problems
4 calories/gram
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
apple is higher risk than a pear
review of systems
12. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
fats
fat soluble vitamins
18-25
hemoglobin
13. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
protein
day week or month
3 cups
14. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
5.5 ounces/day
atrophy or wasting of muscle
protein and fat
15. What type of people need extra protein?
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
dairy and fortified foods
milk - enriched grains
16. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
apple is higher risk than a pear
17. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
4 calories/gram
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
carrots and sweet potatoes
atrophy or wasting of muscle
18. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
B and C
fats
500 cal/day
can consume more calories without weight gain
19. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
trans fatty acid
starches - sugars - and cellulose
rickets - osteomalacia
essential amino acids
20. When does BMR increase?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
TPN total parenteral nutrition
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
hemorrhage
21. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
albumin levels
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
rickets - osteomalacia
protein
22. What function is vitamin D?
hemorrhage
hemoglobin
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
23. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
prealbumin levels
essential amino acids
dietary approach to stop hypertension
cream cheese - cream or butter
24. When does BMR decrease?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
rickets - osteomalacia
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
25. How many calories/gram is protein?
vitamin K
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
300 cal/day increase
4 calories/gram
26. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
apple is higher risk than a pear
day week or month
one tspn salt or less
rickets - osteomalacia
27. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
albumin levels
5.5 ounces/day
28. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
one week period
fats
day week or month
milk - enriched grains
29. What is the function of vitamin C?
antioxidant - immune function
dark green - orange - drybeans
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
30. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
dairy and fortified foods
31. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
essential amino acids
6 oz. a day
prealbumin levels
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
32. What foods have high quality protein?
4 calories/gram
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
albumin levels
33. What function is vitamin A?
2 cups
protein
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
pregnant women or elderly
34. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
6 oz. a day
500 cal/day
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
35. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
prealbumin levels
starches - sugars - and cellulose
antioxidant - immune function
protein and fat
36. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
hemorrhage
fat soluble vitamins
trans fatty acid
protein
37. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
day week or month
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
300 cal/day increase
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
38. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
protein
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
review of systems
39. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
protein and fat
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
500 cal/day
40. What is normal BMI?
rickets - osteomalacia
18-25
starches - sugars - and cellulose
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
41. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
cream cheese - cream or butter
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
B and C
vitamin K
42. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
hemorrhage
review of systems
carrots and sweet potatoes
one tspn salt or less
43. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
300 cal/day increase
hemorrhage
protein
liver and intestinal synthesis
44. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
prealbumin levels
antioxidant - immune function
2 cups
2.5 cups
45. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
trans fatty acid
5.5 ounces/day
hemoglobin
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
46. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
vitamin K
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
B and C
milk - enriched grains
47. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
trans fatty acid
apple is higher risk than a pear
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
48. Where can you get more vitamin D?
rickets - osteomalacia
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
dairy and fortified foods
starches - sugars - and cellulose
49. What is the function of vitamin E?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
antioxidant - immune function
50. What is RDA of protein?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
antioxidant - immune function